Shloka 61
Aṃśāvataraṇa-kathana (Catalog of Divine/Asuric Portions in Human Births) — Chapter 61
इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि अंशावतरणपर्वणि भारतसूत्रं नामैकषष्टितमो<5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत अंशावतरणपर्वमें भारतसूत्र नामक इकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi aṃśāvataraṇaparvaṇi bhāratasūtraṃ nāmaikaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Así, en el venerado Mahābhārata, dentro del Ādi Parva y, en particular, en la sección Aṃśāvataraṇa, llega a su término el capítulo sexagésimo primero, titulado «Bhārata-sūtra». Este colofón señala formalmente la conclusión del capítulo y enmarca el relato como parte de un despliegue de acontecimientos ordenado por lo divino.
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This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata self-organizes its narrative into parvas and adhyāyas, and it emphasizes that the story is presented as an ordered, meaningful unfolding—here linked to the Aṃśāvataraṇa theme of divine ‘portions’ descending to restore balance.
The narrator’s label is followed by a formal closing statement: it announces that the sixty-first chapter, titled “Bhārata-sūtra,” within the Ādi Parva’s Aṃśāvataraṇa section, has ended. It functions as a structural marker concluding the chapter.